The first in Britain to be unveiled, the Scottish equal marriage bill has been finally published after Westminster voted first for gay marriage though but equalities groups welcome its more liberal measures

Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including George Osborne's interviews, reaction to the spending review and Danny Alexander's statement on infrastructure

Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including reaction to the revelation that undercover officers from the Metropolitan police tried to "smear" the family of Stephen Lawrence